Food idioms

Food Idioms

By Middle 3 students

As warm as toast

- very warm and cozy Our house was as warm as toast when we came in from the rain.

Bread and butter

- one's income or job used to buy the basic needs of life like food or shelter or clothing Most people are worried about bread-and-butter issues like jobs and taxes.

Bread and water

- the most basic meal that is possible (like you would get in prison) The prisoners were fed bread and water for several days last winter.

Greatest thing since sliced bread

- the greatest thing that there has ever been My mother believes that the microwave oven is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Grist for the mill

- something that can be used to bring advantage or profit The information that we got on the Internet was grist for the mill of our company's operations.

Half a loaf is better than none

- having part of something is better than having nothing at all Half a loaf is better than none and I would rather work part-time than have no job at all.

Half-baked

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- to be not thought about or studied carefully Our friend has a half-baked idea about starting a new business but most of us think that it will fail.

Egg Idioms

have egg on one`s face

bad egg

good egg

lay an egg

put all one's eggs in one basket

teach one's grandmother to suck eggs

walk on eggshells

you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs

Bite off more than one can chew

bite the hand that feeds one

as black as a skillet

burn to a crisp

Cook goose

Cook to perfection

Cook up or cook up

cook up a storm

done to a T

done to a Turn

Apple Idioms • Apple of one’s eye

• Easy as apple pie

• Bad apple (& rotten apple)

• Compare apple and oranges

• Polish the apple

• Rotten to the core

• Upset the apple cart

Bean Idioms • Full of beans

• Not knows beans about

To go back to work (this is a humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work)

Something that is not very big or important compared with other things or people

Basic simple and good food, simple tastes

A question or argument that is controversial and difficult to settle

To suddenly stop being involved with someone or with something (usually because you are having problems and do not like him/her/it)

Someone who spends a lot of time on a couch watching television

A person that is admired by someone

Be pregnant

A person who is often in trouble

A VIP

Silly